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It’s the first week of December. For writers, that means the end of NaNoWriMo. If you’re a writer who’s undertaken the humungous task of writing a 50k+ word manuscript, then congratulations! You’ve done a fabulous job, and you deserve a long, long winter nap.
No matter what your goals may have been, for doing NaNoWriMo, it wouldn’t surprising if you had aspirations to see it on bookshelves. Maybe to get it published was your goal from Day 1 or something you may have grown into as the month passed by. If either is the case, stick around, because here is where we will answer the question, “What’s next?”
Step 1: Put your book away (for a short while)
That’s right. You heard us. It’s time to give your manuscript some breathing space.
If you’re serious about getting your book published, you must come to terms with the idea that this is only the first draft (maybe even draft zero). Belting out tens of thousands of words doesn’t produce a masterpiece, and there’s still a lot to be done.
With that in mind, take a break. Go on a holiday, work on something else, immerse yourself in a new hobby. What you do is up to you, but the idea here is to let the story settle in you before you can come back to it. This break should…
